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GHRISTMAS TREE STAND.

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U ITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GUSTAV PANNSTER, OF PLAGWITZ, NEAR LEIPSIO, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO MODES & BBAUER, OF SAME PLACE.

CHRISTMAS-TREE STAND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,851, dated July 10, 1883.

Application filed August 30, 1881. (No model.) Patented in Germany July 16, 1881. No. 17,800.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GUsTAv PANNSTER, a citizen of Germany, residing at Plagwitz, near Leipsic, in the Empire of Germany, have in- Vented a new and useful Stand for Christmas- Trees, of which the following is aspecification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction of a stand or foot to be attached to a Christmas-tree, or other articles to be supported in an upright position, so arranged that the same can easily be contracted or enlarged suitable for any size of stem or tree.

In the accompanying drawings,Figure I represents a front view of the stand. Fig. II is a top view or plan of the same. The other figures are details of several parts referred to in the specification.

Similar letters represent similar parts in all the figures.

Aare brackets, to which suitable legs, B, are attached. There may be either three or four of these brackets with their respective legs arranged to form the stand. The upper parts, a, of the brackets are made circular to embrace the tree similar to a segment, and may be provided at their inner surface with projecting points 'i to enter the wood for greater security. The lower parts, b, of said brackets are bent horizontally, and fitting or resting one upon theother. In this lowerpart, b, of the brackets a longitudinal opening, (I, is made, having on one side teeth 0. On the under side of this part 12 pins or projections h are attached. The horizontal parts I) of the brackets A rest and slide one upon the other, and have a plate, D, fitted below the lower one, provided with diagonal longitudinal openings g, (see Fig. V,) in

which the pins or projections h can move for the purpose of guiding the motion of the brackets. This plate D supports awheel or pinion,F, passing through the openings d, and engaging with the teeth a on one side of said openings.

The spindle of the pinion F is provided at its lower end with a suitable handle or knob, G, for the purpose of turning the pinion, and a suitable screw, with nut, is made at the upper end of the spindle to screw the brackets together, capable of ahorizontal motion. Below the plate D a ratchet-wheel, E, is attached to the spindle of said pinion, into which a suitable pawl, J, attached to the plate D, is made to work for the purpose of retaining the spindle, and consequently the pinion F, in any position. (See Figs. I, V, and VI.)

- The brackets A being fitted together, -as shown in Figs. I and II, with their horizontal legs b resting upon each other, and guided through their pins h in the slots 9 in the plate D, and the pinion F engaged in the teeth 0 on the side of the openings d, it will readily be understood that the turning of the pinion F in one or the other direction will cause these brackets A to move either inward or outward, thus either diminishing or increasing the space between the upper or upright legs a of the brackets-A to correspond to and fit any diameter of stem or tree to be fastened between the same.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of three or more brackets, A, provided with suitable legs, 13, said brackets consisting of a circular upright leg, a, and horizontal leg I), provided with a slot or opening, d, having at one side teeth 0, and guidingpins h at the lower surface of the leg I), the plate D, with diagonal slots g, pinion F, and ratchet-wheel E, with pawl J, arranged to operate in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described.

GUSTAV PANNSTER.

Witnesses:

Orro SARK, HERMANN NAUMANN. 

